A Finish! A Finish!

Here is my Happy Dance! This is King Tut from the the kit, Egyptian Pair. There is also a Nefertitti but I haven't started on her yet. I think I got this kit back in 1997 as a Christmas present. Ha ha! Anyway, King Tut was on my WIPocalypse list so I am making progress on that list no matter how slow that may be going.

Here's some more Hibiscus photos for you to enjoy.

Happy Dancing!

Here's my Robin Hood by Little House Needleworks all done! Sorry for the crappy photo though. Every time I worked on this, I found myself popping in a Robin Hood movie/show and sometimes King Arthur movies as well. I have always been a huge fan of Robin Hood so when I saw this design, I knew I had to stitch it.

Scissor Fob

I made this scissor fob for the Finishing Sal on the Love 4 Stitch Alongs board. The frog is from "Moufle Grenouille", which I'm guessing means frog mitten. I would add a link but I printed this chart in 2007 and I can't seem to find it online any more. The original design is a frog on a mitten. I will probably stitch the original design for a Christmas onrnament eventually. I have enjoyed the monthly challnges so far. Now I need to start looking for a needle roll chart. I know I have a few I can choose from.

February WIPocalypse

This is Froggy Went A Planting, a finish for WIPocalypse. I have been working on this during the day off and on while babysitting my nephew. I just had to finish the back stitching and add the beads and charm today so that I could have a finish. I have tried to put a few small items on my WIPocalypse list for little daytime projects. I will be pulling out a few of my bigger projects from my list so there may not be a finish next month.

A Small Finish

I found this little guy mostly stitched sitting in a drawer. I finished him up last night. This is Phoenix from Dragon Dream's Christmyth series. I actually have this on my Wipocalypse list so even though it didn't take much stitching, I feel like I have accomplished something.

TUSAL and A Happy Dance

Here's my TUSAL photo for October. The green on top is from my Tree below. :-)


This is Tree of Stitches designed by Abi Gurden. The yahoo group can be found here. I made a few small changes. I added a frog button and a few extra flowers. Oh, and instead of doing french knots, I used green beads. I don't mind doing french knots but there's no way I could that many without having to rip out half of them. I was able to pick this up here and there and stitch for 30 minutes or so. So what should have just taken maybe a week at most, took almost a month to finish. But it is a finish!

Tiny Happy Dance

I managed to get this little guy stitched up during the holiday weekend. This is "Small Frog" from CyberStichers designed by Barbara Ana. He was a fun little project and was just what the doctor ordered! I am planning to turn it into a Christmas ornament for my frog Christmas tree that I'm planning for this year. I still need a frog angel for the tree topper but I figure it shouldn't be too hard to make one.

Happy Dance

Here is my latest finish! This is "No Late Knight Snacking" by Dragon Dreams. Once I picked it up, I couldn't make myself put it down. I love when that happens!


I was getting some pics of my waterlillies in my pond when the froggy that lives in it poked his head up for a few seconds. I didn't even realize I had gotten him in the photo until I uploaded my pics this morning. What are the odds!? He's a cutie!

A Small Happy Dance

This is Kiss Me by Val's Stitching Stuff stitched on 14 ct. Purple Potter aida. I made quite a few color and wording changes so I added the original photo to show the differences. I am planning to make it into a Christmas ornament. My plan is to decorate a tree with just frog ornaments this Christmas. I will still have a tree for the regular ornaments though. I need to come up with a frog angel for a tree topper. Ha ha!

Anyway, I have been super busy with babysitting my new little nephew as well as my two cousins after they get home from school. So my stitching has been reduced drastically. I have been trying to have small projects kitted up to work on while baby is napping. Now I need to focus on a UFO RR project.

TUSAL and a Happy Dance

Here is my ort jar photo for the TUSAL. I also took a close up of the contents of my jar just because it looked pretty cool to me. :-P


Yay! Another finish! This is Messy...But Mine! by Dragon Dreams stitched on 28 ct. Sahara Flair Monaco from Enchanted Fabrics. To me, the fabric makes it seem like his treasure pile surrounds him so that's why I chose it. I sure miss Enchanted Fabrics. :-( I'm getting very close to running out of their fabrics in my stash. Oh well. All good things must come to an end.

More Progress

Here is Egyptian Pair or King Tut by Janlynn.



This is Woof Spoken Here by Stitchy Kitty. I used dmc that I had on hand and changed the dog's color a little to look like my dog. I stitched it on a scrap of Aida that I had laying around. I'm planning to put it on a scrapbook cover that will hold all of my pet photos. I was wanting to start something new but I knew that I shouldn't. So I picked out a small thing that I could finish in a day. It is also my first finish for this year.

New Year And Another Ornament

Ok, first off, here is Atticus's Christmas ornament. Technically, I should have had this finished in time for Christmas but I didn't. I had the front stitched already but I ornified it last night on New Year's Eve. I finished it before midnight so I'm counting it towards last year's accomplishments. The design is "Nickademus" by Raise the Roof Designs from the 2010 JCS Ornament Issue. This orni and the one below both turned out a little bigger than I had planned but I think that's mostly due to my amateurish construction skills.

Happy New Year to all! I cannot believe how fast the years are flying by. May this year be better than the last.

From My Garden And An Ornament

I just had to show off my broccoli that I grew! I know, I'm weird. I get excited over the strangest things sometimes. The taste of home grown veggies cannot be beaten.


This is an ornament that I stitched for my little niece that passed away after only 4 weeks at the beginning of 2010. I am also working on an ornament for my Nephew so I am planning to give them both to my sister at the same time. We have all been missing Lucy and this was my way of dealing with the sadness. We are at the same time excited to welcome Atticus into the family. It has been a very emotional holiday to say the least. Oh, I almost forgot to give all the details of the orni. This is Frosty Friends by Mosey 'N Me from the JCS Ornament issue 2008 stitched on 14 count Polar Ice Charles Craft Aida. I had to change one or two colors to accommodate the fabric but this color just caught my eye as being the perfect snowy background. Hopefully my ornament for Atticus will be done soon and I will show that off as well.

Brave Knight Finished

My nephew finally decided to come! So here is "Brave Knight" by Bucilla, all finished (edited for privacy). I had just a couple of days to stitch the date and frame it so I could give it to my Sis for Christmas. I even had to make an emergency trip to Michael's because the frame I had bought just wasn't going to work. And it was a pretty red one too. :( I work best under pressure I guess. I didn't manage to finish his Christmas Ornament but oh well. No big deal.

Our family drama wrapped itself up and ended in time for us to have a decent Christmas Day. I'm hoping next year goes alot better though.

Christmas Ornament

This is "Nickademus" by Raise the Roof Designs from the 2010 JCS Ornament issue stitch on Siren's Call Opalescent Linen from Enchanted Fabrics that I had on hand. I love how cute this turned out! I made this to be my coming nephew's first Christmas ornament. I am planning to stitch his name and the date on another square to put on the back when I "finish" it into an Ornament. I think I'll wait till it gets closer to his birth just to make sure they don't decide on a different name or something like that. Lol!



Here is my weird but adorable dog who decided to take his nap half on the chair and half on the table. Hee hee! He thinks he's a lap dog.

Happy Dancing!

I finished the last block with a little alteration to make it say 2010 instead of 2009.


And here it is all finished! BoInk or "Book of Ink Circles" by Ink Circles stitched on "Champagne Cocktail Flair" Monaco dyed by Enchanted Fabrics. This was a really fun project. Hmm....Does this mean I can start something new? *Evil laugh* I will have to look over my stash and see what I may start next (not that I don't already have plenty of projects to to work on now).

A New Start and an Old Finish

Here's my new start. It's Robin Hood by Little House Needleworks. As soon as I saw this design I knew I had to stitch it!


This is my first time to finish a project into a "cube". I couldn't decide on what ribbon to use for a bow on top so right now it just won't have one.

And as you can see, maybe it doesn't even need a bow.

Framing Happy Dance

I framed this small piece today to practice on before I attempt a bigger project. The blog, http://tts-tutorials.blogspot.com/ (sorry, I haven't quite figured out how to add a link yet) , by the Twisted Stitcher has some great tutorials. I had framed some things before but it wasn't the correct way. Now I think I may have the confidence to frame some of my larger projects myself which will save me quite a bit of money in the future. I'm hoping to try some of the other finishing ideas on her blog soon.

I have started a new cross stitch project. I should be posting a progress pic of it towards the end of the weekend.

A Quilt Finish!!

I have finally finished Emily's quilt! It's only a few months late. *sheepish grin* Now I need to work on Nathan's quilt. I have to rip out some mistakes and then re-quilt it. Hopefully that won't be as hard as I'm thinking it will be.

Happy Dance!

I have another finish! Yay! This is Dragonfly Sampler designed by Wendy Mosbacher from the the Just Cross Stitch magazine August 2005 issue. I stitched it on Glass Blue Monaco. I truly love this design! It has everything that I love, frogs, dragonflies, turtles, and waterlillies. I didn't enjoy all of the lazy daisy stitches but it was worth it.